TW202017829A - Positioning mechanism of conveying device and operation apparatus applying the same capable of ensuring electronic components on a carrier belt to accurately execute preset operations by preventing deviations of the carrier belt - Google Patents

Abstract

A positioning mechanism of a conveying device is provided with a positioner having a first positioning device and a second positioning device; and a receiving space arranged between the first positioning device and the second positioning device for a carrier belt having electronic components to be inserted therein, wherein the second positioning device is provided with an opening portion exposing the electronic components on the carrier belt, and the first positioning device or the second positioning device is provided with at least one positioning component for positioning the carrier belt; and at least one positioning driver drives the first positioning device or the second positioning device of the positioning component to move in a first direction, so that the positioning component on the first positioning device or the second positioning device positions the carrier belt to prevent deviations so as to ensure the electronic components on the carrier belt accurately execute preset operations, thereby achieving practical benefit of improving the operation quality.

Description

Positioning mechanism of conveying device and operation equipment applied thereto

The invention provides a positioning mechanism capable of positioning a carrier tape of an electronic component to prevent deviation and ensure that the electronic component accurately performs a preset operation at a preset position, thereby improving the quality of the operation.

Nowadays, electronic components are increasingly miniaturized and assembled on a carrier tape (such as a film carrier tape) made of a flexible material. To ensure the quality of the electronic components, manufacturers use test equipment to perform test operations on electronic components and eliminate them. Defective products; please refer to Figures 1 and 2, the test equipment is equipped with a test device 11 with a probe card 111, and a conveying device 12 is arranged on one side of the test device 11, the conveying device 12 is provided with a work A carrier 121 displaced in the X direction. The carrier 121 is equipped with two conveyor belts 13 an upper sprocket 122 and a lower sprocket 123. The carrier belt 13 has a plurality of electronic components 14 and a plurality of cards are opened on both sides The hole 131 is fitted with a sprocket 1221 above the upper sprocket 122 and a sprocket 1231 below the lower sprocket 123, and a bearing plate 124 against the back of the carrier tape 13 is fixed on the carrier 121; During the test, the carrier 121 of the conveying device 12 drives the carrier tape 13 of the electronic component 14 of the actuator to move in the X direction toward the probe card 111 of the test device 11 so that the electronic component 14 contacts the probe card 111 to perform the test operation; However, since the carrier tape 13 is a flexible film band, although both ends of the carrier tape are wound and fitted on the upper sprocket 122 and the lower sprocket 123, they will not be arbitrarily shifted to the left and right sides, but the carrier tape 13 Compared with the position of the probe card 111, the middle band has no positioning design, which results in the middle band having a degree of freedom that can be shifted to the left and right sides. When the middle band of the carrier tape 13 is arbitrarily shifted to the left or right, That is, the electronic component 14 cannot be positioned at the preset working position, in other words, the contact of the electronic component 14 cannot be accurately aligned to contact the probe of the probe card 111 to perform the test operation, which affects the test accuracy and test quality, especially For testing precision electronic components, the positioning accuracy of carrier tape 13 is more important.

The first object of the present invention is to provide a positioning mechanism of a conveying device, which is provided with a positioner having a first positioning device and a second positioning device, and a positioning device is provided between the first positioning device and the second positioning device The accommodating space through which the carrier tape with electronic components penetrates, the second positioning device is provided with an opening to expose the electronic components on the carrier tape, and at least one positioning carrier is provided on the first positioning device or the second positioning device The positioning component of the belt, and the first positioning device or the second positioning device of the positioning component of the at least one positioning driver drives the displacement in the first direction, so that the positioning component on the first positioning device or the second positioning device positions the carrier tape And prevent deviation, to ensure that the electronic components on the carrier tape accurately perform the preset operation, to achieve the practical benefit of improving the quality of the operation.

The second object of the present invention is to provide a positioning mechanism of a conveying device, wherein the positioner is provided with at least one positioning component for positioning teeth or positioning pins on the first positioning device or the second positioning device to be embedded in the carrier tape The card hole, and more accurately locate the carrier tape, to achieve the practical benefit of improving the use efficiency.

The third object of the present invention is to provide a positioning mechanism of a conveying device, wherein the positioning mechanism is provided with at least one pitch changer to adjust the position of at least one positioning member which is a positioning tooth or a positioning pin, so that the positioning member is accurately embedded The card hole of the carrier tape achieves the practical benefit of improving the convenience of use.

The fourth object of the present invention is to provide a working device using a positioning mechanism of a conveying device, which includes a machine, a working device, a conveying device and a central control device. The conveying device is arranged on the machine and is provided with a bearing mechanism, The conveying mechanism and the positioning mechanism of the present invention are used for conveying the carrier tape with electronic components and positioning the carrier tape. The working device is arranged on the machine table, and is provided with at least one pair of electronic components to perform preset operations. The control device is used to control and integrate the actions of each device to perform automated operations, so as to achieve the practical benefits of improving the operating efficiency.

In order to make your examination committee understand the present invention further, here is a preferred embodiment and accompanying drawings, detailed as follows:

Please refer to Figs. 3 and 4, the conveying device 20 includes a carrying mechanism 21, a conveying mechanism 22 and a first embodiment of the positioning mechanism 23 of the present invention. The carrying mechanism 21 is provided with at least one driven by a carrying drive for the first direction ( For example, in the X-direction) displacement carrier, the load drive may be a pressure cylinder or a linear motor, or include a motor and a transmission driven by the motor. In this embodiment, the load drive is provided with a motor 211, which The motor 211 drives a transmission device arranged in the X direction and is a screw screw group 212. The screw seat of the screw screw group 212 is connected to drive a bearing frame 213 for X direction displacement, and the bearing driver can be fixed on the machine. The rack is driven by a handling drive for displacement in the first, second, and third directions (such as X, Z, and Y directions); the conveying mechanism 22 is mounted on the carrying frame 213 of the carrying mechanism 21, and is provided on the carrying frame 213 A conveying wheel 221 and a second conveying wheel 222 are used to convey the carrier tape with electronic components. In this embodiment, the first conveying wheel 221 and the second conveying wheel 222 are sprockets with teeth and are on the top 1. The lower configuration, the first conveyor wheel 221 inputs the carrier tape with the electronic component under test, and the second conveyor wheel 222 outputs the carrier tape with the electronic component under test; the positioning mechanism 23 is provided with at least one first Positioners of the positioning device 231 and the second positioning device 232, the first positioning device 231 and the second positioning device 232 are in a relative configuration, and an accommodating space through which the carrier tape can pass is provided between the two The first positioning device 231 is provided with a first joint surface 2311 attached to the first surface of the carrier tape. Further, the first positioning device 231 can be an independent plate or a panel of the carrier frame 213 and can be fixed Or movable configuration, in this embodiment, the first positioning device 231 is an independent plate, and the second positioning device 232 is provided with at least one opening portion 2321 that can expose the electronic component of the carrier tape , And there is a second joint surface 2322 attached to the second surface of the carrier tape, and further, the second positioning device 232 may be provided with two positioning plates arranged in the Z direction, and the two positioning plates are maintained at an appropriate distance to form An opening 2321, or the second positioning device 232 is provided with a through hole as an opening 2321 in a panel arranged in the Z direction. Both of the aforementioned two types are available for the electronic components of the carrier tape to be exposed, the second The positioning device 232 can be fixed or movable. In this embodiment, the second positioning device 232 is provided with two positioning plates arranged in the Z direction, and the two positioning plates are kept at an appropriate distance to form an opening. Part 2321, and the locator is provided on the first locator 231 or the second locator 232 with at least one positioning member for positioning the carrier tape, and further, the positioning member may be the first joint surface of the first locator 231 2311 or the second engaging surface 2322 of the second positioning device 232. The positioning component can also be designed as positioning teeth or positioning pins, etc., and can be a fixed configuration or a movable configuration, such as the second engagement of the second positioning device 232 Face 2322 fixed set teeth, or on the second joint surface 23 22. The configuration of movable variable pitch positioning teeth is not limited to the type disclosed in the present invention. In this embodiment, the positioner uses the second engaging surface 2322 of the second positioning tool 232 as a positioning component. The carrier tape is positioned by crimping, and the positioning mechanism 23 uses at least one positioning driver to drive the first positioning device 231 of the positioning component or the second positioning device 232 of the positioning component to move in the first direction, or drive the first A positioning device 231 and a second positioning device 232 are relatively displaced. Further, the positioning driver may be a pressure cylinder or a linear motor, or include a motor and a driving device driven by the motor. In this embodiment, the first positioning device 231 is fixed on the carrier 213, the positioning driver is a pressure cylinder 233, and is mounted on the carrier 213 to drive the second positioning device 232 of the positioning component (ie, the second joint surface 2322) relative to the first positioning device 231 Displace in the X direction.

Please refer to Figures 5 and 6 for a schematic diagram of the conveyor device 20 of the present invention applied to electronic component testing equipment. The operating device 30 of the testing equipment is equipped with a tester with a probe card 32 on a carrier plate 31. The pin card 32 is a probe for testing electronic components; the conveying device 20 is mounted on one side of the working device 30, and the opening portion 2321 of the second positioning device 232 is directed toward the probe card 32, the first of the conveying device 20 The conveyor wheel 221 inputs the carrier tape 41 with the electronic component 42 to be tested, and outputs the carrier tape 41 with the measured electronic component 42 with the second conveyor wheel 222, the load between the first conveyor wheel 221 and the second conveyor wheel 222 The belt 41 is inserted into the accommodating space between the first locator 231 and the second locator 332, so that the electronic component 42 to be tested on the carrier tape 41 is located at the opening portion 2321 of the second locator 232 to perform the test operation. After the electronic component 42 completes the test operation, the carrier tape 41 is then output by the second conveyor wheel 222.

Please refer to Figure 7. During the test, the first conveyor wheel 221 and the second conveyor wheel 222 convey the carrier tape 41 for Z-direction displacement to drive the electronic component 42 to be tested at the preset test position, but to prevent The middle section of the carrier tape 41 is shifted left and right to affect the accuracy of the alignment of the electronic component 42. The conveying device 20 is driven by the pressure cylinder 233 of the positioning mechanism 23 to drive the second positioning device 232 in the X direction relative to the first positioning device 231 The displacement causes the second engaging surface 2322 of the second positioning device 232 to press against the two sides of the second surface of the carrier tape 41, and the first surface of the carrier tape 41 rests against the first engaging surface of the first positioning device 231 In 2311, the carrier tape 41 is positioned between the first positioning device 231 and the second positioning device 332 to prevent the left and right deviations, and then the contacts of the electronic component 42 accurately align the probes of the probe card 32.

Please refer to figures 8 and 9, after positioning the carrier tape 41 and the electronic component 42, the carrying mechanism 21 of the conveying device 20 is driven by the motor 211 to drive the screw screw group 212, and the screw screw group 212 screw seat is connected to drive The carrier 213 is displaced in the X direction, so that the carrier 213 drives the conveyor mechanism 22, the positioning mechanism 23, and the carrier belt 41 with the electronic component 42 to move synchronously. Since the second positioning tool 232 of the positioning mechanism 23 is powered by the opening 2321 The component 42 is exposed, and the carrier tape 41 is positioned with the second joint surface 2322, so that the contacts of the electronic component 42 can accurately contact the probe of the probe card 32 to perform the test operation, and the utility of improving the test quality is achieved. benefit.

Please refer to figures 10 and 11, which is the second embodiment of the positioning mechanism 23 of the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment is that the positioner of the positioning mechanism 23 is provided on the first positioning device 231 or the second positioning device 232. There is at least one positioning component which is a positioning tooth or a positioning pin to be embedded in the card hole of the carrier tape. In addition, the positioning component can be synchronously displaced along with the first positioning device 231 or the second positioning device 232 that is carried to withdraw from the carrier tape card The hole, or the positioning member can be equipped with an unloading drive (not shown), with a single displacement to withdraw the card hole of the carrier tape, in this embodiment, it is fixed on the second joint surface 2322 of the second positioning device 232 A plurality of positioning members 234 are arranged to be fitted into the plurality of card holes of the carrier tape, so as to more accurately position the carrier tape with electronic components, so as to achieve a practical benefit of improving the use efficiency.

Please refer to Figures 12 and 13, which is the third embodiment of the positioning mechanism 23 of the present invention. The difference from the second embodiment is that the positioning mechanism 23 is provided with at least one distance changer to adjust at least one of the positioning teeth or The position of the positioning component of the positioning pin allows the positioning component to be accurately embedded in the card hole of the carrier tape. Furthermore, the pitch changer can be a pressure cylinder, a linear motor, or a transmission driven by the motor, which is not disclosed in the present invention The type is limited. In this embodiment, the positioner is provided with a first positioning member 234A, a second positioning member 234B, and a third positioning member 234C on the second joint surface 2322 of the second positioning tool 232. A positioning component 234A is a fixed configuration. The second positioning component 234B and the third positioning component 234C are driven by the first pitch changer 235A and the second pitch changer 235B of the second cylinder for Z-direction displacement and adjustment. The distance between the second positioning member 234B and the third positioning member 234C and the first positioning member 234A enables the first positioning member 234A, the second positioning member 234B, and the third positioning member 234C to accurately align with the card hole of the carrier tape, Furthermore, the carrier tape with electronic components is more accurately positioned to achieve the practical benefit of improving the use efficiency.

Please refer to Figures 3, 4, and 14 for the positioning mechanism 23 of the conveying device 20 of the present invention applied to work equipment, which includes the machine 50, the work device 30, the conveying device 20, and the central control device (not shown). The working device 30 is equipped on the machine 50, and is provided with at least a pair of electronic components for performing preset operations. In this embodiment, the operating device is provided with a probe card 32 for testing electronic components. The 20 series is arranged on the machine 50, and is provided with a bearing mechanism 21, a conveying mechanism 22 and a positioning mechanism 23 of the present invention. The conveying mechanism 22 is a carrier tape for conveying electronic components, and the positioning mechanism 23 includes a positioner and a positioning A driver, the locator is provided with a first locator 231 and a second locator 232, and the locating driver drives the first locator 231 or the second locator 232 to position the carrier tape to prevent left-right deviation, the carrier mechanism 21 is to transport the conveying mechanism 22, positioning mechanism 23 and the carrier tape with electronic components displacement, so that the electronic components on the carrier tape perform preset operations on the working device of the operating device 30, in this embodiment, the carrier tape The electronic components on the probe precisely touch the probes of the probe card 32 to perform the test operation. The central control device is used to control and integrate the actions of each device to perform automated operations, so as to achieve the practical benefit of improving the operation efficiency.

[Xizhi] 11: Test device 111: Probe card 12: Conveying device 121: Carrier 122: Upper sprocket 1221: Upper chain teeth 123: Lower sprocket 1231: Lower sprocket 124: bearing plate 13: Carrier tape 131: Card hole 14: Electronic components [this invention] 20: Conveying device 21: Carrying mechanism 211: Motor 212: Screw screw seat group 213: Carrier 22: Conveying mechanism 221: The first conveyor wheel 222: Second conveyor wheel 23: Positioning mechanism 231: The first positioning tool 2311: The first joint surface 232: Second positioning tool 2321: Opening 2322: Second joint surface 233: Cylinder 234: Positioning parts 234A: The first positioning component 234B: Second positioning part 234C: Third positioning component 235A: First pitch changer 235B: Second pitch changer 30: Working device 31: Bearing plate 32: Probe card 41: Carrier tape 411A: The first card hole 411B: Second card hole 411C: The third card hole 42: Electronic components 50: Machine

Figure 1: Schematic diagram of the use of conventional test devices and conveying devices. Figure 2: Schematic diagram of the conventional carrier tape and probe card. Figure 3: Side view of the first embodiment of the positioning mechanism of the conveying device of the present invention. Figure 4: Front view of the first embodiment of the positioning mechanism of the conveying device of the present invention. Figure 5: Schematic diagram of the configuration of the conveying device, carrier tape and test device of the present invention. Figure 6: Front view of the conveyor device and carrier tape of the present invention. Figure 7: Schematic diagram (1) of the first embodiment of the conveying device of the present invention. Figure 8: Schematic diagram (2) of the first embodiment of the conveying device of the present invention. Figure 9: Schematic diagram (3) of the first embodiment of the conveying device of the present invention. Figure 10: Side view of the second embodiment of the delivery device of the present invention. Figure 11: Front view of the second embodiment of the conveying device of the present invention. Figure 12: Side view of the third embodiment of the delivery device of the present invention. Figure 13: Front view of the third embodiment of the conveying device of the present invention. Figure 14: Schematic diagram of the application of the conveying device of the present invention to work equipment.

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231: The first positioning tool

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Claims (10)

A positioning mechanism of a conveying device, comprising: a 　　　　 positioner: a first positioning device and a second positioning device arranged oppositely are provided, and the second positioning device is provided with at least one opening that exposes an electronic component carrying a tape, In addition, the first positioning device or the second positioning device is provided with at least one positioning component for positioning the carrier tape; 　　　　 positioning driver: driving the first positioning device or the second positioning device for displacement in the first direction, 　　　　　　　　 to make the The positioning member positions the carrier tape. The positioning mechanism of the conveying device according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the positioning driver is a pressure cylinder or a linear motor, or includes a motor and a transmission device driven by the motor. The positioning mechanism of the conveying device according to item 1 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the first positioning device is provided with a first engaging surface, and the second positioning device is provided with a second engaging surface opposite to the first positioning device The positioning device is provided with the positioning member on the first joining surface of the first positioning tool or the second joining surface of the second positioning tool. The positioning mechanism of the conveying device according to item 3 of the patent application scope, wherein the positioner uses the first joining surface of the first positioning tool or the second joining surface of the second positioning tool as the positioning member, Crimp the carrier tape. The positioning mechanism of the conveying device according to item 1 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the positioning member of the positioning device is a positioning tooth or a positioning pin. The positioning mechanism of the conveying device according to item 5 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the positioning component is fixedly or movably arranged on the first positioning device or the second positioning device. The positioning mechanism of the conveying device according to item 6 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the positioning member of the movable 　　　　 type configuration is connected to at least one distance changer to adjust the position of the positioning member. The positioning mechanism of the conveying device according to item 7 of the patent application scope, wherein the variable pitch 　　　　 device is a pressure cylinder, a linear motor, or a transmission device including a motor and driven by the motor. The positioning mechanism of the conveying device according to item 5 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the positioning component is displaced in synchronization with the assembled first positioning device or the second positioning device, or the positioning component is connected to an unloading drive, the The actuation driver drives the positioning component to move independently. An operation device using a positioning mechanism of a conveying device, including: 　　　　　 machine platform; 　　　　　 conveying device: it is arranged on the machine platform and is provided with a bearing mechanism, a conveying mechanism and at least one positioning mechanism according to item 1 of the scope of patent application , To carry the carrier tape of the electronic components of the conveyor and to locate the carrier tape; 　　　　　operating device: it is arranged on the machine and equipped with at least one pair of electronic devices to perform preset operations; 　　　　　Central control device: to control And integrate the operation of each device to perform automated operations.

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